Date | July |
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English name | Tour of Venezuela |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI America Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Federacion Venezolana de Ciclismo |
First edition | 1963 |
Editions | 53 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Gregorio Garrizalez (VEN) |
Most wins | Olinto Silva (VEN) José Chacón Díaz (VEN) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Jonathan Monsalve (VEN) |
The Vuelta a Venezuela (English: Tour of Venezuela) is a men's multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually in July in Venezuela (before it was held in the last week of August/first week of September). The Vuelta a Venezuela carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body. The event is organized by the Federacion Venezolana de Ciclismo.